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Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)

Here Comes the Bride

Wedding March - Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (1850)

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Wagner's Bridal Chorus, also know as Here Comes the Bride,

is taken from the romantic opera Lohengrin
which premiered in Weimar, Germany, on 28 August 1850
under the direction of Franz Liszt, a close friend of Wagner.

As a processional wedding march,

it is typically played for the bride's entrance
at the beginning of Western wedding ceremonies.

In the opera, however, the chorus is sung after the ceremony
by the women of the wedding party,
as they accompany Elsa, the heroine and Lohengrin's new wife,
to the bridal chamber.

Richard Wagner

Here Comes the Bride arranged for keyboard instruments :
- Organ (manual only) : Complete version : Intermediate or Simplified version : Easy
- Piano : Complete version : Intermediate or Simplified version : Easy

Here Comes the Bride arranged for string instruments :
- Arrangement for string quartet (four separate parts : two violins, viola and violoncello)

Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin

Faithful and true, we lead ye forth,
Where love triumphant shall crown ye with joy!
Star of renown, flower of the earth,
Blest be ye both far from all life's annoy.

Champion victorious, go thou before,
Maid bright and glorious, go thou before!
Mirth's noisy revel ye've forsaken,
Tender delights for you now awaken!

Fragrant abode enshrine you in bliss,
Splendor and state in joy ye dismiss.